I also posted this message in the General section where it belongs, but just to be sure I don't miss any SMK exclusive members of our board, I felt it to be a good idea to post this here as well.

Awesome Games Done Quick 2017 is starting its annual speedrunning marathon next Sunday, the 8th of January. I'm not sure if the AGDQ format needs any further introduction, but if it does, you can read all about it here: https://gamesdonequick.com/faq

My extra reason for making this topic is that Sami Çetin and me (Karel van Duijvenboden) will be attending the event. What's more, we're scheduled to showcase an SMK speedrun race!
Anyway, here's all the info:

Schedule:
https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule

Time of SMK slot:
EST local time (Washington): January 8th 8:11 PM (20:14h)
GMT UK time: January 9th, 1:14 AM

Challenge:
Single Segment Time Trial Race (all tracks, NTSC version)

Players:
Sami Çetin versus Karel van Duijvenboden (KVD)

Stream:
http://www.twitch.tv/GamesDoneQuick

Donation Incentive:
I'm actually not sure if we have a donation incentive this time. We submitted the same one as last year, a race of Match Race afterwards on a track of choice (most likely Choco Island 1 again as that works best in showing off all aspects of the mode). If the organisation included the incentive is not yet known though.

Of course we would be thrilled if people from the MK community donated during our run, regardless! Better still, I hope some of you will watch and support us! I will be posting a run-specific hashtag (#) on this board; if you're planning a donation then please include that #, so that it will stand out and be selected for announcement on stream during our run.  

Copy pasted most of my topic from last year, I'm lazy  

I'll leave you with a teaser...from the 'staged' finish of last year's AGDQ run

was great to watch guys.